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Driving Value In Your Coaching

by Nathan Gonzalez Work Right is an industry leader in equipping industrial athletes to be ergonomically prepared for their workday. How is that you ask? Proactively seeking opportunities to educate and empower as many employees as possible to make positive shifts in their work practices, is what sets us apart!

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Crash Course For Your Exoskeleton Study

by Nathan Gonzalez Need some tips on supporting an exoskeleton study at your site? Work Right’s got you! Exoskeletons have a growing demand and interest in the occupational setting, where repetitive job tasks cannot be engineered out or eliminated. In the study conducted by Terry Butler and Jason Gillette, Exoskeletons:

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Prevent Injuries on 2! Down. Set. Hut Hut!

Blue 42. Blue 42. Check, Check. PREVENT INJURIES. PREVENT INJURIES ON 2. DOWWWNNN. SEEEET. HUT HUT!    As summer winds down, the days start getting cooler, the leaves begin to change color, and across the nation you can hear the sounds of pads clashing against each other. That’s right, football

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Obesity: Be Aware

World obesity day occurs annually on March 4th. Why spend a day bringing awareness to obesity? Because obesity is preventable! Work Right NW’s core mission is to change healthcare and one of the primary ways we can start to change healthcare is through prevention. We need to stop waiting until

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Yoga For Low Back Pain

Low back pain is a leading cause of disability everywhere. If you are human, there is a good chance you will have an episode of low back pain at some point in your life. Further, there is a good chance that you will have it again. Then there is chronic

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Yoga Speed Dating

No, we’re not talking about speed dating while at a yoga class. . .which would be especially difficult now anyway as many gyms and yoga studios are closed due to COVID-19 restrictions and safety precautions. What we’re actually talking about is learning a few of the different types of yoga

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Do You Yoga?

If your answer is “no”, you may be surprised. Yoga has numerous benefits to health and is linked to low back injury prevention, heart health, and strength. Even if you don’t find yourself a “yoga” fan, you may still find yourself in a yoga pose during your work day. While

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The Tactical Athlete

It is obvious why high-level athletes have a team of professionals helping them achieve their goals and allowing them to stay on top of their game for as long as possible. They are reliant on their physical, mental, and emotional abilities and therefore seek guidance and support from strength coaches,

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Getting Ahead of the Impending MSD Pandemic

Written by Nic Patee, CEO As parents, we strive to do the best job possible raising our kids. We aim to provide opportunities for educational experiences through at home experiments. I know recently at our house the slime experiment has been a real hit. We aim to improve their social

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Desk Workstation Ergo Checklist

With many more people working from home these days, you may want to take a good look at your home office set up and create an environment that is ergonomically beneficial. A good home office set up is easier than you may think and the perfect desk set up is

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AI & wearables in the workplace, predicting the future & a crazy ironman suit in the highest risk industry in the USA

If you have attended a safety conference recently you may have noticed that wearable technologies have become an increasingly popular space with respect to worker safety. Everything from computer vision tools such as www.deepcanopy.com, to wireless sensors tools like www.dorsavi.com, to exoskeletons like http://en.laevo.nl/ are finding ways to assist corporations

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